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Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American and Confederate politician. He was from Georgia. Stephens was short and sickly for much of his life. Stephens owned a fair number of slaves. He served as a Whig congressman from 1843 to 1859. Later, he became a member of the Constitutional Union Party and then a Democrat. Stephens was the Vice-President of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865. While Vice-President, he tried to end the war and did not get along with Confederate President Jefferson Davis. After the war, Stephens again was a U.S. Congressman, and was Governor of Georgia for a short time.

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  • ConfederateCabinet

    President Davis' first cabinet (1861)

  • CSA-T21-$20-1862

    Stephens depicted on a 1862 Confederate States $20 banknote

  • Stephens Monument

    Alexander H. Stephens Monument in front of his house, Liberty Hall.

  • John White Alexander - Alexander Stephens portrait

    Alexander H. Stephens. Oil painting by John White Alexander. Published as cover of "Harper's Weekly," 27:145 (March 10, 1883).

  • Flickr - USCapitol - Alexander Hamilton Stephens Statue

    Statue of Stephens cast in Georgia marble by Gutzon Borglum given in 1927 to the National Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol

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